| 单词 | live horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslive horse 14. slang. Among workers: work charged for before it is executed. See dead horse n. at sense 19. Also live horse: work done and not charged for. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work charged but not done horseflesh1688 horse1770 hoss1968 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt yielding1340 debtc1380 due1439 debitc1450 devoirs1503 debitory1575 debenture1609 money-debt1627 balance (due)1720 outstandings1755 liability1842 engagement1849 live horse1859 payables1896 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 499 If any journeyman set down in his bill on Saturday night more work than he has done, that surplus is called Horse. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Horse, is the surplusage of work which a journeyman printer sets down in his bill on Saturday night above what he has done, which he abates in his next bill. This was formerly called Horse-flesh. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Live Horse, in printers' parlance, work done over and above that included in the week's bill. < as lemmas |
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